Nicolas Otamendi vowed that Manchester City will bounce back against Borussia Monchengladbach .. and is praying the wind will have dropped by Tuesday night.

The Blues defender said that the howling wind had not helped City's normal game.

“Here it’s always very, very difficult,” he said. “Today the conditions didn’t suit the way we play but it’s not an excuse.

“These conditions don’t suit the way we play because obviously we want to pass the ball and obviously the wind wasn’t helpful - but this isn’t an excuse.

“We have to forget about this game and focus on the next game in a couple of days.”

“We know we didn’t perform well but the team always fights and for sure we’re going to get a good result next time.”

But Otamendi, part of a back four that was humiliated at times by Stoke's attacking trio of Marko Arnautovic, who scored both goals, Bojan and Xherdan Shaqiri, conceded that there were things they need to put right.